Alabama’s Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter is especially proud of how much people in his state will save on taxes because of the historic cuts he was able to get through in the 2026 session.

“If I were to say, my most proud, it’s got to be the tax cuts,” Ledbetter said on “The Rightside” with Allison Sinclair and Amie Beth Shaver Wednesday. “I mean, never before is Alabamian seen the tune of $1.5 billion cut in taxes.”

One of the main tax cuts passed in the last session was introduced by House Majority Whip James Lomax (R-Huntsville), which established an individual income tax deduction of up to $1,000 on Alabamians’ overtime pay per year.

Ledbetter believes this is part of why Alabama has seen incredibly economic growth in recent years.

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“You know, the growth we’ve had to our economy,” he explained. “I mean, over 100,000 jobs and $6 billion invested in Alabama, making Alabama one of the top 10 states to do business in. So, I mean, we’ve got a lot to really be proud of. The members have really done a great job. And by far, if you look at the past history, this quadrant has been the most conservative quadrennium In State’s history, and a lot of that you’ve seen in this session.”

He also thinks that growth will give the state the opportunity to cut even more taxes in the future.

“So I do think there’s possibility with that growth we can reduce taxes,” he said. “I think the lowest hanging fruit, in my opinion, is the grocery tax. I mean, we’ve already cut it in half. We give a tax holiday because of the you know, what’s going on with inflation. And I think when coach comes in, there’s a very good chance we can do away with that, and then we certainly can look at the income tax and see how we can manage that.”

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee